Thanks so much, I’m glad you enjoyed the talk. You don’t need permission from anyone to break, hack, explore, and play on your personal projects.

Keep this in mind, because a lot of the skills, techniques and ideas I’ve learned in my career have come from personal projects. Best yet? I was hired at Threadless and 37signals because of the passion and dedication I put into so much of the personal projects—all while still doing a good job at my day-to-day.

People recognize effort and craft. If your currently employer doesn’t, it’s their loss. Because someday soon, someone else will.